Acacia Projects Chosen as Finalists for Stockholm Challenge Awards

The Rosslyn Learning Project and the Timbuktu Multipurpose Community Telecenter (MCT) Project, funded by the International Development Research Centre through its Acacia: Communities and the Information Society in Africa program initiative and other donors, are among the 100 finalists for this year's Stockholm Challenge Awards. The Stockholm Challenge is a global arena for pioneering information technology (IT) projects that focus on the benefits of technology to people and society. The winners in seven categories will be announced in a ceremony at Stockholm City Hall on September 26, 2001.